How to upgrade democracy: Former Microsoft executive Jon DeVaan’s primer on political reform

The Jan. 6 breach and riot on the U.S. Capitol, and the bigger effort to overturn the outcomes of the election, have introduced new consideration to the…

Where did Biden go for his private Seattle fundraiser? Of course, there are tech roots

President Joe Biden. (White House File Photo via Flickr) President Joe Biden breezed into Seattle on Thursday, and continues his stay this morning with plans for Earth…

USAFacts founder and former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer on the State of the Union in numbers

Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is founder of USAFacts. (GeekWire File Photo / Kevin Lisota) Understanding any subject requires knowing the numbers, and that includes looking at…

How this former tech columnist bridged her family’s political divide, and what we can learn from it

Mónica Guzmán’s new book is I Never Thought of It That Way: How to Have Fearlessly Curious Conversations in Dangerously Divided Times. (Author Photo By Meghann J….

Bezos reignites Biden inflation feud, says president is misdirecting public or misunderstanding market

The inflation debate between President Biden and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos started in May. (Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz, and GeekWire File Photo) Updated below…

Amazon and Microsoft deny using Flickr pics for facial recognition, as suits test limits of privacy law

A diagram released by IBM in 2019, illustrating the biometric markers available to researchers in its Diversity in Faces dataset, containing images uploaded by Flickr users under…

Interview: Microsoft’s president on turbulent times for the company, country, and world

Microsoft President Brad Smith is facing an array global, national and corporate issues. (GeekWire Photo / Dan DeLong) Brad Smith, like many in tech and the broader…

Jay Carney checks out of Amazon, lands at Airbnb: Inside ex-White House press secretary’s tech career

Amazon global corporate affairs leader Jay Carney, center, observes and records an impromptu media scrum with Amazon devices chief Dave Limp, left, and founder Jeff Bezos at…